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    It is not the case that The state is justified in using non-coercive means to persuade citizens to make wise or better choices

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    • 1.State persuasion campaigns carry implicit coercive weight because citizens cannot easily opt out of being governed by the persuading institution.
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    • 2.Mill's harm principle requires neutrality on conceptions of the good, making state promotion of 'wise choices' a form of perfectionist overreach.
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    • 3.When the state defines wisdom, it systematically disadvantages minority conceptions of the good life that diverge from majoritarian norms.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Feinberg's autonomy-based liberalism holds that self-regarding choices, even unwise ones, fall outside legitimate state concern entirely.
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    • 2.Designating some choices as 'better' presupposes a state-endorsed conception of the good that Rawlsian political liberalism explicitly prohibits.
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    • 1.Considerations of the individual or common good may entitle the state to act
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    • 2.Non-coercive persuasion does not force individuals and therefore does not violate liberal principles
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